Improvement in steam-plough and cultivator



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P. H. STANDI SH.

STEAM PLOW AND GULTIVATOR.

'No 75,310. Patented Mar.10, 1868.

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P. H. STANDISH. STEAM PLOW AND GULTIVATOR.

No. 75,310. Patented Mar/10, 1868.

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'PHILANDER H. S'IANDISH, OF MARTINEZ, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIM- SELF AND OLIVER C. COFFIN.

Letters Patent 1vo..75,31o, dated March 10, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM-IT MAY CONCERN:

Be' it known that I, PHILANDE'R H. S'iANpIsH, of Martinez, county of Contra Costa, State of California, have inventedan Improred Steam-PlouglL and Cultivator; and I do hereby declare the following description and accompanying drawings are sufficient to enable-tiny person skilled in the art or science to which it most nearly appertains-to make and use my said in ventionor improvements without further invent-ion or experiment The object of my invention is to provide an improved locomotive steam-plough. which is so constructed that the power" is transmitted directly fronrthe engine to the ploughsor cutters, thereby greatlylessening the power needed for traction. Itplso consists of a novel mode of operating the-ploughs, by which the earth is ploughed transversely to the travel of the machine, and is thoroughly hrokenup, and so completely pulverized as not to need any further cultivation.

The ploughs are-attached to a movable supplementary frame, by which they can be raised so as to entirely clear the ground when necessary. p I

To more fully explain my invention reference is had to the accompanying drawings and letters of reference, forming part of this specification, ofwhich Figure 1 is a side elevation ofmy machine.

Figure 2 is a plan.

Similar letters of reference in each of the-drawings indicate like parts. v

A is a strong frame, of wood or iron, and of suitable shape, which supports the machinery, and is mounted upon the broad wheels B B, A guiding-wheel, C, is attached to the vertical standard D, having the long lever IE firmly'keyed to the top. From the extremiti'esbf this lever strong chains,'F F, are passed to the upright spindle or capstan G, which is operated by the-levcr I-I, the operator standing on the platform I, and thus turning the machine in any desired direction. The platform J supports the engine, which may be a simple portable one, or of some convenient form for the work, andis connected to the cranks K K on the shaft L. This shaft car ries the driving-pulley M for the plonghs and the pinion N, which operates the gear-wheel O, keyed to the shaft P. A pinion, R,Iturns loosely on each end of this shaft, and meshes into the gear S on the inside of the wheel B B, shown in'fig. 2, and thus drives the machine, when the pinion is connected with the cluttthesT, one of which is made at each end of the shaft P, to facilitate the turning of the machine. The plougbs are attached to a supplementary frame, U, which may be elevated crlowered at pleasure by the chains V. V, operated by the capstan W. andthe lever X. A pawl, Y, and ratchet, Z, retain the frame at any desired elevation. The frame U has the strong bars a a. fastened to'its upper'and lower extremities. These bars extend forward to a point in a line with the shaft L, where they are pivoted to the frame A; By thisdevice thedrivinga-belt b is always kept tight in the upward and downward movements of the frame U. By means of holes 11., in the bars a, the angles at which the frame U stands may be changed as desired. The belt 5 connects the driving-pulley M with the pulley a on the shaft 01, and by means of the bevelled gears gg g drives the vertical shaft k h, which operate the ploughs or cutters. This consists of steel kuifes, -z' i, of any desired form, attached tothe arms 7: by means of set-screws m, so as to be easily removed for sharpening or replacing if broken. :The arms k are so placed on their respective shafts that each arm passes between the arms of the nest, so that all of the earth'as wide as the extent of the knives is thoroughly broken up and pulverized. The armsk are fast to the upright h, which are made torevolve, causing the p'loughs or cutters to more in a circle, as well as to cut or plough transversely to the travel of the machine. It also causes-the ploughs to pass through the ploughed earth as they return to the solid or uncut earth in finishing their rotation, thus thoroughly pulvcri'zing and harrowing.

The upright shafts areadjustable forward and backward, so as to give the proper position to the plough with reference to the land. The cutters are also made to rotate in opposite directions, to counteract the tendenc'y to move to one side, which would happen if they allmoved in one direction.

By constructing my machine in this manner, the difliculty attendant on those ploughs in which the power .is appliedthrough the wheels is avoided, as all power for the ploughs is applied directly from the engine. In

addition to this, by-eonstructingthe ploughs so as to rotate in a. horizontal plane, the strain is so reduced that the power needed to drag the machine is simply enough to move the weight and overeometherades in the iand.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Q 1. A steam-plough, having the rotating knives i i operating in'a horizontal plane and transversely to the travel of the machine, and the supporting-arms 7: I), or their equivalents; together with the vertiezil shafts h, the whole constructed and operating substantially as herein described.

2. I clnimthe movable frame U and the arms 0'- a, together with the chains V and cnpstans W for raising and depressing the ploughs, substantially asherein described. I claim operating the ploughs,.when moving in a horizontal plane; directly from the engine by the belt .6, or an equivalent device, substantially as described.

In witness whereof, .I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

PHILANDER H. STANDISH. 8.]

Witnesses:

0'. W. M. SMITH, A. T. DEWEY. 

